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I’ve been spending more time with the family history of late, but I spotted this advert for some limestone workings at Long Calderwood in East Kilbride.

Glasgow Herald, 9th October 1846

And the OS 6″ map (surveyed 1858) shows a limestone mine at what’s now Whin Place industrial units. The track running through the mine leads from Stoneymeadow Road up to Blackbraes Road which is possibly the linking road mentioned in the advert.

All this land is now covered by houses, industrial units and the A725 East Kilbride Expressway, apart from the trees to the north of the mine which are still there.